What was leaked to the media was not a footage taken from CCTV but from a mobile phone recording taken by a bystander while policemen were surrounding the small shanty where the suspect was.

Based on the recorded video, the suspect, Eric Sison, can be heard saying that he was going to surrender. However, what followed was not the peaceful click of handcuffs but the sound of a series of gunshots.

Eric Sison turned up dead. Police said that he fired at them which was why they also fired at him. The kin of Sison however said that he was neither a drug user nor pusher.

The current senate investigation is centered on ascertaining possible abuses committed by police authorities in its war against drugs. It aims to provide better and more defined police operating procedures that recognize human rights, and to avoid future violations thereof.

According to Senator Leila De Lima, aside from the witnesses presented during senate hearings, more people are sending messages their way, signifying that they want to come forward because they also have loved ones who got killed. – SD, Kami Media